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Mar 28^th, 2003 at 12:54am

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I'm new to the community and FS2002 and I wanted to drop by and say hello. Hello. Also, I have 2 geewhiz questions.... What does the Pitot do and what does the Flight Director do? Thankee.

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Reply #1 - Mar 28^th, 2003 at 12:58am

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WELCOME!

The Pitot is an instrument used to measure temperature and wind I beleive. Not sure about the FD.

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Reply #2 - Mar 28^th, 2003 at 2:16am

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Thanks! I have another question concerning navigation stuff, but I'm gonna hold on asking until I verify I have no idea what I'm doing. Wink

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Reply #3 - Mar 28^th, 2003 at 3:00am

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Hi Chauvan, welcome to the forums

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Reply #4 - Mar 28^th, 2003 at 10:12am

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Welcome aboard! We're here to help ... and learn from each other. This is quite a site.

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Reply #5 - Mar 28^th, 2003 at 4:55pm

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Welcome. New myself. I have done some RL flying in the past but I never got my instrument rating so I'm learning too. As for navigation I always just kept my flights between the Interstate hwy, the railroad, the radio station tower and the river and I haven't gotten lost yet. 8)

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Reply #6 - Mar 28^th, 2003 at 5:44pm

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The Pitot tube (named after Henri Pitot in 1732) measures a fluid velocity by converting the kinetic energy of the flow into potential energy. It is not just a simple tube, having 2 concentric tubes the outer tube sealed at the end and pierced with equidistance holes around it's circumference.The conversion takes place at the stagnation point, located at the Pitot tube entrance. A pressure higher than the free-stream (i.e. dynamic) pressure results from the kinematic to potential conversion. This "static" pressure is measured by comparing it to the flow's dynamic pressure with a differential manometer. Air is really gaseous liquid, so the Pitot tube on an airplane can be used to measure things like airspeed and as a comparitor for the barometric altimeter.

The Flight Director (FD) is a modern version of the old Artificial Horizon.

Welcome to the science of flying a simulator LOL

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Reply #7 - Mar 28^th, 2003 at 11:15pm

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And THAT is the definitive description of the Pitot tube! Cheesy

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Reply #8 - Mar 29^th, 2003 at 12:35am

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The Pitot tube (named after Henri Pitot in 1732) measures a fluid velocity by converting the kinetic energy of the flow into potential energy. It is not just a simple tube, having 2 concentric tubes the outer tube sealed at the end and pierced with equidistance holes around it's circumference.The conversion takes place at the stagnation point, located at the Pitot tube entrance. A pressure higher than the free-stream (i.e. dynamic) pressure results from the kinematic to potential conversion. This "static" pressure is measured by comparing it to the flow's dynamic pressure with a differential manometer. Air is really gaseous liquid, so the Pitot tube on an airplane can be used to measure things like airspeed and as a comparitor for the barometric altimeter.

The Flight Director (FD) is a modern version of the old Artificial Horizon.

Welcome to the science of flying a simulator LOL

Well.... I think my head hurts now.

Thankee.....

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